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Arson suspects enter not guilty plea
Updated: Thursday, 29 Jan 2009, 8:27 PM EST
Published : Thursday, 29 Jan 2009, 2:55 PM EST
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - The three men accused of burning a predominately black church the morning after the election of President Obama, were arraigned in U-S District Court in Springfield.
21-year-old Thomas Gleason Jr., 22-year-old Benjamin Haskell,
and 24-year-old Michael Jacques pleaded not guilty to conspiracy
against civil rights. All three have been free on 100-thousand
dollars bail since Monday.
On Tuesday, a federal grand jury indicted the trio on the
charge conspiracy to violate the rights of the congregation of the
Macedonia Church of God in Christ, a crime that carries a possible
10 year sentence.
The indictment alleges the men talked about their racial
motives before setting the fire.
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